Windows 10 will be available July 29

[Larry Browning]

Looks like I will be having some fun most of August.
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-w...tag=CAD1acfa04

So who's going to upgrade with me?

[roger wiegand]

Do you think it will provide any more reason to "upgrade" from XP than the other recent versions have given? I haven't seen any new tricks I thought were worth spending the money or learning curve on. Of course I though MS Word hit its optimal level of functionality at version 3.1 in about 1986 and has only become more cluttered and obtuse since then.

[David Masters]

I like to wait at least 6 months before upgrading any OS. Windows 7 and 8.1 are working fine for me (I have four Windows licenses). What I want to know is whether I can secure the free upgrade to Windows 10 within the 1-year promotional period, but then shelve it until I am ready to upgrade? I'm not sure I can do this.

Dave

[John McClanahan]

From what I have been reading, Windows will upgrade itself to v10 if you have automatic updates turned on.


John

[Charles Taylor]

From what I have been reading, Windows will upgrade itself to v10 if you have automatic updates turned on.


John

I haven't been paying attention to the press on Windows 10. I did notice yesterday, though, that my notebook (which has automatic updates enabled) shows an icon on the taskbar that encourages me to "Get Windows 10". So far I haven't clicked to see what the next step would be.

[Larry Browning]

Do you think it will provide any more reason to "upgrade" from XP than the other recent versions have given? I haven't seen any new tricks I thought were worth spending the money or learning curve on. Of course I though MS Word hit its optimal level of functionality at version 3.1 in about 1986 and has only become more cluttered and obtuse since then.

Roger,
Could you give me an example of what you would consider to be a good reason to upgrade? Just curious. I would think that the fact that XP is no longer supported by MS would be a pretty good reason all by itself. I know that where I work XP is banned from the network. We spent a WHOLE bunch of money either upgrading or replacing every computer running XP.

I know there may be still some specialty software that won't run properly on Windows 8, and they may not run properly on windows 10. I personally don't think that is Microsoft's fault though.

[Larry Browning]

I haven't been paying attention to the press on Windows 10. I did notice yesterday, though, that my notebook (which has automatic updates enabled) shows an icon on the taskbar that encourages me to "Get Windows 10". So far I haven't.

Window 10 is not yet available. That icon is for you to reserve a copy for when it does become available. I think that is what John is referring to.

[Bruce Page]

I have Win 7 Pro installed in the home PC and the shop PC. If I upgrade to 10 will it also be the Pro edition? I read the the 10 Home edition will not allow you to turn off the auto update function. I can't allow that in my shop PC.

[Lee Schierer]

I would think that the fact that XP is no longer supported by MS would be a pretty good reason all by itself. I know that where I work XP is banned from the network. We spent a WHOLE bunch of money either upgrading or replacing every computer running XP.

The only reason I felt it necessary to upgrade from XP was the fact that our secure banking links would no longer accept the older versions of Java that we had with XP and java said the newer versions wouldn't work with XP. I'm a firm believer in "If it isn't broken, don't fix it. I ran XP for years with no problems and very few if any crashes. My feeling is that the software industry drives its own future sales and profits by making software and operating systems obsolete so they can force you into buying newer editions which often time aren't significantly better. Just my 2 cents worth....

[Larry Browning]

I personally HATE the metro apps in windows 8, but I found a work around by using a program called StartIsBack, that pretty much eliminates the need to ever see the metro app screens. Best I can tell I will not need StartIsBack in Win10. We will see though.

[Larry Browning]

My feeling is that the software industry drives its own future sales and profits by making software and operating systems obsolete so they can force you into buying newer editions which often time aren't significantly better. Just my 2 cents worth....

I also believe this. However, I also accept it as a fact of life and choose to embrace it rather than fight it. You know what the say "Resistance futile!" So we might as well learn to live with it.
You can saddle a dead horse, but it won't do you much good.

[Larry Browning]

I have Win 7 Pro installed in the home PC and the shop PC. If I upgrade to 10 will it also be the Pro edition? I read the the 10 Home edition will not allow you to turn off the auto update function. I can't allow that in my shop PC.

Here is an article "trying" to explain the different Win 10 versions and the upgrade paths from existing versions. I think your answer is in there somewhere.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/cont...-announced.htm

[Bruce Page]

Thanks Larry. It looks like if you have 7 Pro the upgrade will be the Pro edition as well.

"Consumers and small businesses with Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 8.1 Pro systems will be offered a free online upgrade to Windows 10 Pro."

That makes me feel better.

[David Masters]

An auto update to Windows 10 would be a customer service nightmare, so I hope you're wrong about that. I did read about the upgrade icon appearing if you have automatic updates enabled.

Dave

[Chuck Wintle]

Looks like I will be having some fun most of August.
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-w...tag=CAD1acfa04

So who's going to upgrade with me?

I have the "free" upgrade offered to me and i have reserved a copy. Does anyone know what this upgrade will be like? Is it something that can be lived with or some other pile of c**p from MS?